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Zoltan Almasi of Hungary won the Reggio Emilia tournament of 2008. He finished half a point clear of three others who were tied at 5.5 points. Almasi garnered 6 points out of a possible 9. The local favorite, Godena, finished at the bottom with 3 points. Final standings after round 9: Almasi - 6 Gashimov, Ni Hua, Harikrishna - 5.5 Landa - 4.5 Korchnoi, Navara - 4 Tiviakov, Marin - 3.5 Godena - 3

Vishwanathan Anand holds the record for most wins at Corus, formerly Hoogovens. He's won 5 titles so far. Max Euwe, Viktor Korchnoi, and Lajos Portisch are next with 4 tournament wins each. Kasparov won it three times and Karpov twice. Here's the leading list. Tournament wins, Name 5 Anand, Viswanathan 4 Euwe, Max 4 Korchnoi, Viktor 4 Portisch, Lajos 3 Garry Kasparov 3 Donner, Johannes 3 Geller, Efim 3 Nunn, John D.M. 2 Karpov, Anatoly 2 Larsen, Bent 2 Nigel Sort 2 Nikolic, Predrag 2 Olafsson, Fridrik 2 Polugaevsky, Lev 2 Salov, Valery 2 Jan Timman 2 Veselin Topalov 2 Sosonko, Gennadi, others

Breaking news. Details to follow soon. Navara beat Korchnoi in a French Defence game. Almasi beat Marin - Ruy Lopez game. Ni Hua beat Tiviakov in a Center Counter game (Scandinavian). Godena drew Landa in a Sicilian Alapin game. Results of Round 5 at Reggio Emilia Godena - Landa 0.5 - 0.5 Navara - Korchnoi 1 - 0 Almasi - Marin 1 - 0 Ni Hua - Tiviakov 1 - 0 Gashimov - Harikrishna 0.5 - 0.5 Standings after Round 5: Almasi - 3.5 pts Gashimov, Harikrishna, Landa, Ni Hua - 3 pts Marin, Tiviakov, Navara, Korchnoi - 2 points Godena - 1.5 pts

The 2008 Corus Chess Tournament at Wijk and Zee - A Preview The Category 20 chess tournament with average ELO 2741 will be held as usual at Wijk aan Zee from 11 to 27 January 2008. The venue will be the De Moriaan Community Centre and the Bar de Zon. The tournament will be held in different groups. All eyes will be on the premier GM A Group. But players in the GM Group B and GM Group C are no pushovers. In fact, any other city would be proud to host a tournament with players as strong as the ones in GM Group C. As an example, Magnus Carlsen first earned real publicity with his amazing show as a 13 year old kid at Wijk aan Zee. The GM Group A has almost all the top ranked players of the world. This tournament is the first of the Grand Slam events of chess. In addition to the GM Group sections, there is a Honorary tournament running in parallel. Victor Korchnoi, Jan Timman, Ljubomir Ljubojevic, and Lajos Portisch play in this section. Amazingly even this is a category 13 tournament.

Harikrishna beat in form Godena in the second round of the Reggio Emilia tournament. All the other games were drawn. Results of second round: Gashimov vs Ni Hua 0.5 - 0.5 Korchnoi vs Almasi 0.5 - 0.5 Marin vs Navara 0.5 - 0.5 P Harikrishna vs Godena 1-0 Tiviakov vs Landa 0.5 - 0.5

The strong Reggio Emilia tournament has started. There were two winners today: Mihail Marin beat Sergei Tiviakov and Zoltan Almasi beat Pentala Harikrishna. Gashimov vs Godena, Korchnoi vs Landa, Navara vs Ni Hua were drawn.

Tournaments to be held in the near future: Hastings Chess Congress - 28 December 2007 to 6 January 2008 (David Howell,Stuart Conquest, Glenn Flear, Danny Gormally, Valeriy Neverov, Mark Hebden, Nicholas Pert,Safarli Eltaj Nidjat, Mamedov, others ). Contact Stuart Reuben. 50th Torneo di Capodanno Reggio Emilia - December 29th 2007 - January 6th 2008 (Almasi Zoltan, Landa Konstantin, Harikrishna Pentala, Gashimov Vugar, Navara David, Tivjakov Sergej, Ni Hua, Korchnoi Viktor, Marin Mihail, Godena Michele) 6th Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament New Delhi, 12-20 January 2008 http://www.delhichess.com/